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*won't you fly high free bird*
Notah Shrike
Pssst. His middle name is "Constance". Don't tell anyone.
{ALIASES}"Connie", "Seabird"
{AGE}31
{GENDER, SEXUALITY}Male, Bisexual
{SPECIES/ETHNICITY}Human, Adelan
{HEIGHT/BUILD}6'2", strong
{OCCUPATION}Pirate!
{RESIDENCE}A small village in I'ka, when he's not out at sea
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IN DEPTH STUFF
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{PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION}- Sturdy; Connie has spent most of his young adult life on one ship or another, and it shows. His shoulders are broad and his arms are strong, and you wouldn't necessarily bet against him in a fistfight. He's built for climbing, and can scale the ropes faster than anyone else he knows. He's got the balance to match, too— the only time he's close to clumsy is when he's drunk on solid land.
- Ink for days; Connie is heavily tattooed. Quite a few seem to be from his homeland, with geometric banding around his throat and shoulders, and several bands along his arms and legs. He has a *very* friendly mermaid on the inside of his right bicep, a compass rose with crossed cutlasses for the counter-points over his chest, and an hourglass shape on his abdomen just beneath his bellybutton.
- Piercings can be dangerous, dude; Connie has several piercings, but this is less than what he used to have. There's several parts of him that are scarred from where things were ripped out or otherwise tore lose, including his lower lip and over his right brow. Doesn't stop him from wearing jewelry though, with several studs in either ear and a bridge piercing between his eyes. Aside from these simple metal studs, he wears several rings on his fingers, only one of which seems to be of any real value.
- Usually wears his thick black hair long and loose, save for a single beaded braid against his left temple. The beads themselves are made of different material, some painted vibrant colors and some simple stone, but all of them have specific meaning to Connie, and he has no trouble rebraiding them all back in order again. Occasionally he'll keep his hair out of his face with a dark blue bandana.
{PERSONALITY}- Playboy; Connie is a huge flirt, and is not shy at all about it. He loves charming people, finding the sweet talk and flattery to be half the pleasure of the evening. He's not picky, either, and often terribly greedy. The only thing worth going into port for, after all, is the people. It's not uncommon to see him headed straight for the local brothels whenever he's on land.
- Honestly dishonest; Connie lies and cheats and steals and all the other little nasty things that comes with an occupation centered around robbing people of their wealth, but he's very open about it. He will be the first to remind you that he's not a good person, and will often laugh uproariously at the mere notion of it. Him? An honorable sort? Come now...
- Commitment Issues; Connie likes his freedom, and is loathe to accept any situation that would mean he's "stuck" somewhere. He's jumped crews several times, and has never held any kind of long-term lodgings or land, and has zero interest in anything close to "settling down". The concept of a house and a farm and a family absolutely horrifies him, and not just because it would take him away from the sea.
- Not quite loyal, but close enough; Not innately back-stabby, Connie doesn't connive and conspire every hour of the day just because he can. That would be *way* too much work and way too exhausting, and so it's easier to just be a part of the group he's latched onto for the time being.
Fun Facts!:- Sings! He loves to sing, especially when he's working the ropes or trying to woo some poor soul.
- Languages are *fascinating*, and he always tries to pick up a few words here and there wherever he ends up.
- Loves apples, and can be easily Scooby-Snack bribed with them.
- Petting or brushing his hair is a surefire way to put him to sleep in next to no time at all. Complete with intense cuddling and a little bit of snoring.
{SPECIAL ABILITIES}Sometimes he gets intense headaches when working with ropes, and sometimes those headaches tell him when ropes are ready to go bad or break unexpectedly at a later date. Even if it didn't come to pass, better safe than sorry, isn't it?
{RELATIONSHIPS}A mother who had some seriously high hopes in giving him the middle name "Constance". A father, who took him to see the ocean for the first time. Countless siblings and half-siblings, but he hasn't been home since he was 14, so he couldn't really tell you what any of them are up to these days.
Ka'deed - a sweet man who surprised Connie by marrying him
{HISTORY}Every bead he wears has a story behind it. And god help me, I'll have to write all 23 of them.
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